Ammonia was found by state environmentalist to be draining into the Yellow River at the site of a 1979 train derailment. The site was located several miles west of Crestview near a railroad trestle at the intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and Antioch Road.

An auditor general’s report criticized the Okaloosa County school board’s use of buses for “private organizations (church groups, Girl Scouts, etc.) for trips.” State statutes allowed the transportation of the elderly and handicapped by school systems.

20 years ago – 1995

Retired Army Maj. Richard Meadows of Crestview who helped lead a rescue mission to free American prisoners of war in North Vietnam and who, after retirement, worked clandestinely in Iran to free the American Embassy hostages, died. Meadows was to have received the Presidential Citizens Medal at a reunion at Hurlburt Field for members of the Son Tay prison raid the evening that he died.

A Crestview family was burned out of their home in a fire authorities said was sparked by children playing with matches.

10 years ago – 2005

Almost 30 years after Jaws 2 hit the silver screen, sharks were again the catalyst for another 15 minutes of international fame for Destin. German television was to feature Destin in a story on sharks.

At the age of 84, Niceville doctor Robert Ellis was retiring.

5 years ago – 2010

The heat index was predicted to be from 108 to 110 degrees, said meteorologist Brian Daly at the Weather Service’s office in Mobile Ala. He said the heat index had not been that high in more than three years.

BP had agreed, sort of, to cover expenses incurred by the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge in connection with the oil spill. The money would come through the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, a “preferred provider” of reimbursement funds to rescue organizations.

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